William Apes was a member of the Pequot nation who was raised by White people from a young age. He became an ordained Methodist minister and writer. His eulogy for King Philip (Metacom) defied the traditional White interpretation of the Wampanoag sachem and King Philip’s (Metacom’s) War (1675-1676). At a time when most Americans remembered Metacom as the cruel and treacherous leader of a Native American rebellion, Apes turned this history on its head, calling Philip “the greatest man that was ever in America.”
Apes, William. Eulogy on King Philip as Pronounced at the Odeon. 1837. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l00-005/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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